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Is Flounders kosher?

Yes — Flounders is kosher under Jewish dietary law.

Eurpoean Turbot is not Kosher

Flounders

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Also known as
"Dover" sole, "English" sole, American Plaice, American plaice, Bigmouth Sole, Bigmouth sole, Blackback, Blue Back, Blueback, Brill, Butter of Scalyfin Sole, Butter of scalyfin sole, California Halibut, California halibut, Curlfin Sole, Curlfin Turbot, Curlfin turbot, Dab, Dabs, Diamond Turbot, Diamond turbot, Dover Sole, English Sole, European Plaice, European plaice, Fantail Sole, Fantail sole, Flounder, Fluke, Greeland Turbot, Greenland Halibut, Greenland turbot, Halibut, Halibuts, Hogchocker, Lemon Sole, Lined Sole, Liopsetta, Pacific Turbots, Pacific turbots, Petrale Sole, Petrale sole, Platichythys, Rex Sole, Rex sole, Rock Sole, Rock sole, Sand Sole, Sanddabs, Slender Sole, Slender sole, Sole, Starry Flounder, Starry flounder, Summer Flounder, Summer flounder, True Sole, Winter Flounder, Winter flounder, Yellowfin Sole, Yellowfin sole, Yellowtail Flounder, Yellowtail flounder, blackback, etc.), fluke, halibut, sole
Kosher status
Kosher

About Flounders

Families Bothidae and Pleuronectidae. Including:Flounders (Paralichthys species),Liopsetta species,Platichthys species,etc.);Starry flounder (Platichthys stellatus);Summer flounder or fluke (Paralichthys denatus);Yellowtail flounder (limanda ferrugina);Winter flounder, lemon sole or blackback (Pseudopleuronectes americanus);Halibuts (Hippoglossus species);California halibut (Paralichthys Californicus);Bigmouth sole (Hippoglossina stomata);Butter of scalyfin sole (Isopsetta isolepis);"Dover" sole (Microstomus pacificus);"English" sole (Parophrys vetulus);Fantail sole (Xystreurys liolepis);Petrale sole (Eopsetta jordan);Rex sole (Glyptocephalus zichirus);Rock sole (Lepidopsetta bilineata);Sand Sole (Psettichthys melanostictus);Slender sole (Lyopsetta exillis);Yellowfin sole (Limanda aspera);Pacific turbots (Pleuronichthys species);Curlfin turbot or sole (Pleuronichthys decurrens);Diamond turbot (Hypsopsetta guttulata);Greenland turbot or halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides);Sanddabs (Citharichthys species);Dabs (Limanda species);American plaice (Hippoglossoides platessoides);European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa);Brill (scophthalmus rhomus).But not including: European turbot (Scophthalmus maximus or Psetta maximus). Flounders are a group of flatfish species. They are demersal fish, found at the bottom of oceans around the world; some species will also enter estuaries. Taxonomy The name "flounder" is used for several only distantly related species, though all are in the suborder Pleuronectoidei (families Achiropsettidae, Bothidae, Pleuronectidae, Paralichthyidae, and Samaridae). Some of the better known species that are important in fisheries are: Western Atlantic Gulf flounder – Paralichthys albigutta Southern flounder – Paralichthys lethostigma Summer flounder (also known as fluke) – Paralichthys dentatus Winter flounder – Pseudopleuronectes americanus European waters European flounder – Platichthys flesus Witch flounder – Glyptocephalus cynoglossus North Pacific Halibut – Hippoglossus stenolepis Olive flounder – Paralichthys olivaceus Eye migration Larval flounder are born with one eye on each side of their head, but as they grow from the larval to juvenile stage through metamorphosis, one eye migrates to the other side of the body. As a result, both eyes are then on the side which faces up. The side to which the eyes migrate is dependent on the species type. As an adult, a flounder...

Kosher ruling

Eurpoean Turbot is not Kosher

Source: kosherfish.co/kosher-fish-list (snapshot 2025-12-19); legacy csv; Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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